Overview

Casual Chef – Liverpool

Permanent

£13.95 per hour

Looking for a kitchen role that’s more than just cooking?

The Brink Café in Liverpool city centre is on the hunt for a talented Casual Chef to whip up fresh, healthy, homemade food for our café and special events. Work Saturdays, with occasional weekday cover and ad hoc evenings, perfect for chefs who love variety and creativity.

At The Brink, you’ll be part of a unique, award-winning dry café bar that’s a safe, welcoming space for the Recovery Community while serving the general public. It’s a place where food, creativity, and community come together, and where your skills can make a real difference.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Prep, cook, and serve delicious café dishes and event menus
  • Work independently in the kitchen while maintaining high standards
  • Support volunteers and share your kitchen know-how
  • Keep the kitchen spotless, cleaning, stock rotation, and HACCP records
  • Assist with ordering, stock management, and menu improvements
  • Collaborate with the front-of-house team to ensure smooth service
  • Promote The Brink’s services, events, and wellbeing activities

Please note this is a casual contract – no set working hours or working pattern. This is a 0-hour position, with work offered as and when needed to cover staff annual leave, sickness, and events. Please also note that availability to work every Saturday is required as part of this role.

About You

  • Experienced in kitchen operations and food hygiene
  • Highly organised with great timekeeping
  • Confident cooking solo and supervising volunteers
  • Passionate about fresh, healthy food and great customer experiences
  • Flexible to work weekends, evenings, and special events

The Brink is Liverpool’s first award-winning dry café bar, offering a vibrant, supportive, and unique environment. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to grow, influence the menu, and contribute to a space that supports both recovery and wellbeing. It’s more than just a café, it’s a hub where food, community, and creativity meet.

If you’re ready to cook, inspire, and be part of something truly different, we want to hear from you!

Please see attached Job Description for full details

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits – 

  • Flexible working
  • Training and development opportunities
    • Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
    • Season Ticket Loan Scheme 
    • Cycle to work scheme
    • Crisis Loan Scheme
    • Electric Car Scheme
    • 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata’d for part time employees)
    • Access to Blue Light Card
    • 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays 
    • Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter 
    • Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary) 
    • Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
    Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
     
    Diversity at Forward Trust
    The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with ‘Lived Experience’ of addiction, offending, or homelessness.

    When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles.

    To find out more about Forward’s commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy click here.  

    We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know.
     
    Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work
    Dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview.

    If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements.

    Our Commitment to Safeguarding
    We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk. Forward Trust follow safer recruitment practices and support a culture of openness and accountability.

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